Still lifting his gaze to her high-piled hair, he again saw, but more pronounced, the bronze note glinting from the brown-golden hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady of the Big House, by Jack London] Reference
Caswallon hurdled a fallen tree, his own short sword glinting in the dying light. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawk Eternal]
The jar was packed to the brim with gold, a mass of coin glinting under the light. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman And The Mountain Of Light]
Tamis wheeled back in something close to blind fury, her short sword glinting in the light. From Wordnik.com. [Antrax]
I became a short story writer instead of continuing as a poet when I saw that Scalapino called her glinting narratives poems. From Wordnik.com. ["at 'night' any night is can't"] Reference
In one box she finds a new camera, glinting silver. From Wordnik.com. [Prescriptive] Reference
Already the salt crystals were glinting in the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Omega, the Man] Reference
Every glinting sunbeam seemed a golden shaft of love. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Knock A Story] Reference
Seest thou this dagger with its glinting jewelled hilt?. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
A brand new buggy hitched to her, a-glinting in the sun. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
The knife was glinting, pale fire against Wren's white throat. From Wordnik.com. [Gansevoort Ridge] Reference
And the pebbly bottom's glinting where the silvery minnows swim. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
The candle I held in a shaking hand showed the glinting green of. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
I saw tears glinting in her eyes, but she blinked them away rapidly. From Wordnik.com. [THE RICH RIVER] Reference
Faire inspects the small, glinting rectangle when he hands it to her. From Wordnik.com. [Out On The Waves] Reference
They're glinting in the sunlight, swelling like hams in my sightline. From Wordnik.com. [Why Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies is in rude health] Reference
Marlowe, yet a stranger, on close inspection could see glinting out of. From Wordnik.com. [Shakspere, Personal Recollections] Reference
Foremost was Bois DesCaut, his evil eyes glinting like a witch's omen. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
He grins like the Cheshire cat, round glasses glinting in the sunlight. From Wordnik.com. [Once There Was a Way to Get Back Home] Reference
"Shut up!" snapped Red, anger glinting in his eyes, and Billy subsided. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
Away, between the trees, you can see the blue sea glinting and sparkling. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light] Reference
It has shown us sunlight glinting off the smooth surface of a lake on Titan. From Wordnik.com. [SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: From Galileo to Cassini -- 400 Years of Saturn's Rings] Reference
Lang arrives a minute later, breathing deeply, the sun glinting off the water. From Wordnik.com. [Star Anise] Reference
Swann got out of the car with something glinting in his right hand, the officer said. From Wordnik.com. [Graeme Swann 'rescuing cat' at time of drink-driving charge] Reference
I spied her jeweled letter opener, the one I gave her, glinting in the candle light. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from the Asylum (3)] Reference
Five minutes later, the car comes out the other end, dripping and glinting in the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Tim Dowling: At the car wash] Reference
Then as the car drew close behind her she slowed, a peculiar light glinting in her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
Our heavy and restful sleep was not broken till long after the sun was glinting upon us through the trees. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
High in the Mojave desert, 130 miles from Los Angeles, lie long rows of mirrors, glinting in the sunlight. From Wordnik.com. [Sun In The Forecast] Reference
Perhaps it was sunlight glinting off his watch -- the details varied depending on who was telling the tale. From Wordnik.com. [WHO SAYS THERE'S NO SECOND ACT?] Reference
With the cheers and the music and the sunshine glinting off the car, it looked fine -- a happy day at the ballpark. From Wordnik.com. [Joe's Last Deal] Reference
We filed off the boat to a portside reception at dusk, complete with a brass band, gold braid glinting in the fading sun. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
I like it because there's no value judgment in it: it suggests that change is glinting and gleaming, whichever way it's going. From Wordnik.com. [Jo Shapcott: I'm not someone chasing her own ambulance] Reference
Four intricate paper dragonflies sprang up out of the box, bobbing in the soft spring breeze, wings glinting with rainbow light. From Wordnik.com. [Paper Hearts] Reference
The far window was a small affair, glinting not a hair of lamplight from the street, as I'd chosen this room for that very reason. From Wordnik.com. [Magic X] Reference
A door in the hallway, with 30E in brass letters glinting dully on its polished surface, lying sideways on the floor like a beacon. From Wordnik.com. [Night Terror: Apocalypse] Reference
Hill looking back at the roofs and spires of Stratford, glinting in the morning light, the Bard uttered this impulsive dash of eloquence. From Wordnik.com. [Shakspere, Personal Recollections] Reference
He watched her shaking the washing-pan in the water, her clear-cut face intent on the task at hand, and her hair glinting in the sunshine. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
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